Cycle Oregon!

[Tokie]

It's been a long time since I've logged in here on TE - 2012 just wasn't our year- but things are looking up! For starters,we got into Cycle Oregon (and tent service for it too!). Anyone else going? After riding the hottest RAGBRAI on record last summer,I think we can handle anything that eastern Oregon has this September! Tokie

[Rchan]

We are going as well! This will be our 3rd cycle Oregon in a row. We grew up in Central Oregon, so it feels like a visit back home. Still hasn't sold out, so I may be in the minority with that view.
Wow, I bet ragbrai was something else!
We are also doing Cycle Greater Yellowstone in August, that ride looks beautiful as well.

[Tokie]

Yes, Yellowstone is an incredible place - that should be an unforgettable adventure ! Hope we can meet up during Cycle Oregon - now I just have to heal up a nagging Achilles tendonitis that is keeping off my bike ! I wasn't aware that it hadn't sold out yet- I love that part of Oregon-I'll tell my friend who also assumed that she missed getting in. I'll try to remember to PM you closer to the ride. Tokie

[AppleTree]

It's been a long time since I've logged in here on TE - 2012 just wasn't our year- but things are looking up! For starters,we got into Cycle Oregon (and tent service for it too!). Anyone else going? After riding the hottest RAGBRAI on record last summer,I think we can handle anything that eastern Oregon has this September! Tokie

We'd love to do RAGBRAI someday! I heard that last years was quite a cooker, we had a friend whose husband did it. He also mentioned about the monumental storms a few nights, yikes.

Oregon is fabulous, you'll have so much fun. Let us know how the ride goes.

[Tokie]

Thanks Apple Tree! I will. Yep, 2012 RAGBRAI was quite memorable-I do love the small towns and people of Iowa. We weathered the storm in our tent-apparently the sherriff drove through the campground telling everyone to evacuate,but many (most?) including us did not hear the announcement. I've never been in a tent before and have it blow almost completely flat the way it did! Tokie

[TrekDianna]

I have the Cycle Oregon page open in my browser. Seriously thinking about it. It's some of the most beautiful parts of the state this year!

[TrekDianna]

I did it. I am registered.

[Rchan]

Yay for signing up! I think it will be wonderful. It is so funny that last year sold out in 30 minutes or so, and it is still not sold out now 30 days later. It will be a flatter ride than last year, so not quite so much of a sufferfest which is AOK with me.

[TrekDianna]

Yay for signing up! I think it will be wonderful. It is so funny that last year sold out in 30 minutes or so, and it is still not sold out now 30 days later. It will be a flatter ride than last year, so not quite so much of a sufferfest which is AOK with me.

Do you think it's the desert that is holding anyone back? It will be darn hot, but my philosophy is that it's not a race. I have all day. I can take it easy. I'll probably even do something like load my GPS with geocaches that are right along the road and take some time to log some caches while I take a break and a photo or two. I'm doing this for fun.

[Rchan]

Trekdianna, I think it must be the location, and just not the splendor and challenge that Crater Lake was. I love Eastem Oregon as well. And I'm with you, it is for fun. First year we did it we were often the last into camp, which was just as fun as being nearly last the second time round. As long as we made lunch without them running out of food, we counted it as a success. So beautiful and wonderful wherever to be able to ride a bike all day for a week!

[TrekDianna]

Trekdianna, I think it must be the location, and just not the splendor and challenge that Crater Lake was. I love Eastem Oregon as well. And I'm with you, it is for fun. First year we did it we were often the last into camp, which was just as fun as being nearly last the second time round. As long as we made lunch without them running out of food, we counted it as a success. So beautiful and wonderful wherever to be able to ride a bike all day for a week!

I rode Sisters to Smith Rock and back this past weekend. That route has some of both the central and Eastern Oregon terrain. Gorgeous. I hope to meet you out there!

[Rchan]

We were in Sisters this last weekend, actually Suttle Lake. I did see a sign for the Sisters Smith Rock scenic bikeway. We will be back there for the quilt show in July, and planned to check it out then. Small world!

[never2late]

We were in Sisters this last weekend, actually Suttle Lake. I did see a sign for the Sisters Smith Rock scenic bikeway. We will be back there for the quilt show in July, and planned to check it out then. Small world!

Not to hijack the thread, but the Tour de Chutes is the same weekend, July 13. A wonderful biking event...I did the 75 mile route last year and enjoyed it very much.

I am also riding in the 2013 CO. It will be fun to meet up with you ladies.

[TrekDianna]

Not to hijack the thread, but the Tour de Chutes is the same weekend, July 13. A wonderful biking event...I did the 75 mile route last year and enjoyed it very much.

I am also riding in the 2013 CO. It will be fun to meet up with you ladies.

I really wanted to do the Tour de Chutes, but unfortunately I am in Boston that week for work.

[never2late]

I really wanted to do the Tour de Chutes, but unfortunately I am in Boston that week for work.


We'll just have to plan to meet up during the CO!

[TrekDianna]

We'll just have to plan to meet up during the CO!

Definitely!

[never2late]

Hello Cycle O ladies, just wondering how everyone is doing with their training? It's 6 weeks away...I've been increasing my milage every month since March.
Done a couple of Centuries and have several more planned for August.

[TrekDianna]

I'm riding a lot and running also. I am commuting 13 miles back and forth to work everyday and doing hills. I hate hills. I'm doing about 100 miles per weekend, and about that during the week also.

[Tokie]

It's almost here! I recovered from a partial Achilles tear (off the bike from Dec through July!) then I spent July with walking pneumonia. So I've had about 3 weeks of riding to prepare for CO. All-time worst prep for a tour ever, so we'll be doing on our tandem. I hope we can meet up with fellow TE'ers! I'm guessing there won't be too many tandem teams-most of my kits are pink (women's club ,B4T9) . Looking forward to a beautiful week! Tokie

[TrekDianna]

I can't wait! I am staying in Sisters on Friday night and then heading over to John Day probably early in the morning on Saturday just to chill and have time to doublecheck everything.

[AppleTree]

Good luck ladies! Hope the weather is great, and you enjoy your ride. Let us know how it goes.

[Tokie]

Packing tomorrow-do you guys think we'll need really warm jackets for around camp, or will layers be ok? I have a nano puff jacket, but seems like too much? (Layers like light fleece and a windbreaker?) so muggy in So Cal this week I'm looking forward to cool nights! Tokie. Oh, anyone have a suggestion for a place to stay in Portland or vicinity-we'll be there Fri night. We'll probably be too tired from 2 eight hour days of driving to enjoy Portland - just a nice place to stay where we don't need to worry about anyone breaking into our car( like they would in San Francisco-don't know about Portland though!)Tokie

[TrekDianna]

Packing tomorrow-do you guys think we'll need really warm jackets for around camp, or will layers be ok? I have a nano puff jacket, but seems like too much? (Layers like light fleece and a windbreaker?) so muggy in So Cal this week I'm looking forward to cool nights! Tokie. Oh, anyone have a suggestion for a place to stay in Portland or vicinity-we'll be there Fri night. We'll probably be too tired from 2 eight hour days of driving to enjoy Portland - just a nice place to stay where we don't need to worry about anyone breaking into our car( like they would in San Francisco-don't know about Portland though!)Tokie

oh, I didn't see this before now, but I hope you did bring some fleece. I am over here now and it's not really cold, but it is much colder than it is during the day since it's the desert.

[Tokie]

Hi again! Cycle Oregon was so much fun! You might not be surprised to hear that my 3 weeks of training didn't work out too well for my Achilles - after the 3rd day I joined the medical sag van. My husband rode the 40 mile day solo on our tandem and I helped fix tents in disarray in Crane after the sag. The next day he rode a Trek demo bike ( big thank you to Trek- their wrench/ demo gal was very busy and helpful!) and I helped hand out chocolate milks at the finish in Seneca. The last day hubby rode the sag with me. CO is so amazingly well organized, the staff and volunteers are efficient and helpful, and the food was quite delicious! And, I was cold-at night! Our sleeping bags (rated to 55F) did not quite cut it! An official CO stadium blanket solved then problem though. We will be back-hope you all had a great time too! We visited Bend,Lava Land Park and Crater Lake on the drive home. What a beautiful state!

[Rchan]

To Tokie:
I did see a tandem with only 1 person 1 of the days, now I know why! Get all better. It was a great week.

[TrekDianna]

To Tokie:
I did see a tandem with only 1 person 1 of the days, now I know why! Get all better. It was a great week.

Me too! I remember that. I wish we had all met up. It wasn't until the end of the week that I even thought of it. The hardest day for me was the short day - was it 46 miles? it was 97 degrees that day and not a tree in sight anywhere.

[Tokie]

That was my hubby. We told rider services the night before when I signed up for medical sag that he was going to do that. But in the am, someone who knew better at rider services said "he's going to get pulled over!", & he was-but they let him finish the flat 40 miler. For safety reasons they don't allow solo tandem-ers. Might be sketchy on descents I suppose. Thanks- I am back to the therapy pool exercise while my Achilles settles down again. DH is now intrigued by the Cycle Greater Yellowstone ride, so that may be next year's adventure!

[TrekDianna]

Wow, that looks incredible. I might need to think about it.

[Tokie]

According to one of the medical sag drivers (who rode the Cycle Greater Yellowstone this year) the organizers are using the CO as their model for the CGY. There were glitches (like hour long waits for the showers & not enough blue rooms) but they are working hard to improve the logistics and consulting with people who have CO experience. It would be hard to put on a ride that was better organized than CO!

[TrekDianna]

It would be hard to put on a ride that was better organized than CO!

True, all you have to do on CO is sleep, eat and ride. I hate having to wait until February to find out where it will be next year.